Re: PAW - Little Londoner

2005-09-06 Thread Peter Jordan
If I understand your directions correctly, you're talking about Green Park. Walk through it and you appear on Piccadilly, close to the Ritz (Hotel that is, not Camera). Peter - Original Message - From: Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday,

Re: Optio

2005-09-06 Thread Dario Bonazza
Yes, I should have written the two-digit Optios. In fact, the 45 and 55 don't end with a 0, but they use AA batteries. However, the models I quoted are the recent ones using AA batteries. Dario - Original Message - From: E.R.N. Reed [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent:

Re: hot/dead pixels -Mark Roberts website program

2005-09-06 Thread Cotty
On 5/9/05, John Celio, discombobulated, unleashed: How about a link for those of us who have no idea what you're talking about? Mark's links page: http://www.robertstech.com/pixel/software.htm The link: http://www.starzen.com/imaging/deadpixeltest.htm Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O)

Re: Synchronocity was: PUG Themes?

2005-09-06 Thread Cotty
On 5/9/05, Tom C, discombobulated, unleashed: I understand your point Bob and don't have strong feelings either way. The only leaning I have is that the 'day' of the equinox makes the reason for doing it, in some sort of astronomically romantic day. Harry in 3rd Rock It's kinda spooky

Re: PAW - Red

2005-09-06 Thread David Mann
On Sep 6, 2005, at 1:24 AM, frank theriault wrote: Interesting photo, Dave. I like the patterns and geometries. I fear that it suffers being so small for the computer. Here ya go... this should be a little better (but not much). http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/temp/red/red-700px.html

Re: hot/dead pixels -Mark Roberts website program

2005-09-06 Thread Alexandru-Cristian Sarbu
Hmm... actually it should be easy to write a program that both detect hot/dead pixels and removes them. Time to find a programmer and... oh, wait - I am a programmer! Then, time to find someone willing to pay for such a program grin j/k Well, I don't have yet a DSLR so such a program would be

Re: Film Lenses on Digital

2005-09-06 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Mon, 5 Sep 2005, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: A D-FA50 macro lens is designed to be best at flat-field imaging, stopped down to f/8-f/32, in the near-focusing range. An A50/1.4 is designed for general pictorial use at wide apertures, and will not perform at its best at copystand distances. It

Re: PAW - Red

2005-09-06 Thread David Mann
On Sep 6, 2005, at 4:42 PM, Boris Liberman wrote: Frank wrote: A PUG theme waiting to happen. vbg Interesting photo, Dave. I like the patterns and geometries. I fear that it suffers being so small for the computer. There's probably lots of texture and detail in there that we're missing. I

Re: Re: EuroEnglish (Was: Same lenses ...)

2005-09-06 Thread mike wilson
From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/09/05 Mon PM 10:18:36 GMT To: pentax list pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: EuroEnglish (Was: Same lenses ...) On 5/9/05, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: butter, bitter, batter, better, matter, fatter mad as a hatter ;-) Blatter

Re: PESO: Sprint!

2005-09-06 Thread Paul Stenquist
Nice pan, Frank. You captured the moment well. It would look a little better on my monitor with a bit more brightness in the middle of the RGB curve. Paul On Sep 6, 2005, at 12:41 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! *Caution, yet another bike photo* g How can one protect oneself in such a case

Re: PESO: My Precocious Granddaughter

2005-09-06 Thread Paul Stenquist
I did spend quite a bit of time on the floor with her. It's essential to getting decent pics of itty-bitty kids. Paul On Sep 6, 2005, at 12:47 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! My granddaughter is now eleven months old, and she is, of course, reading. I started her out on the New York Times,

Re: PAW - Little Londoner

2005-09-06 Thread Paul Stenquist
Nice shot. I find the conversion quite good. It shows good range from the almost white highlights on the shirt to the almost black shadow areas in the hair. Good shadow detail under his chin and good highlight detail on the skin. As an infrequent visitor to London, I'll invoke a distant, vague

Re: Re: Optio S5z?

2005-09-06 Thread mike wilson
From: John Celio [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/09/06 Tue AM 04:46:02 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Optio S5z? I see this as a self fulfilling prophecy. Put a squinty lousy optical finder on a camera and few people will use it. Since so few people use it put cheaper

Re: Re: Film Lenses on Digital

2005-09-06 Thread mike wilson
From: Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/09/06 Tue AM 08:57:10 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Film Lenses on Digital On Mon, 5 Sep 2005, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: A D-FA50 macro lens is designed to be best at flat-field imaging, stopped down to f/8-f/32,

Are most lenses optimised for short distance focusing?

2005-09-06 Thread Dario Bonazza
Hi all, In my experience, it is not uncommon that lenses perform better at close distances than at infinity. Of course, when focusing at infinity you have to consider that haze, smog, etc. will lower the resolution performance of any lens... however, even leaving aside macro and close-ups,

Re: Are most lenses optimised for short distance focusing?

2005-09-06 Thread Bob Shell
On Tuesday, September 6, 2005, at 06:33 AM, Dario Bonazza wrote: What focusing distance do you think most lenses are optimised for? Except for macro lenses, most lenses are optimized for infinity. Bob

Re: PESO: My Precocious Granddaughter

2005-09-06 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! I did spend quite a bit of time on the floor with her. It's essential to getting decent pics of itty-bitty kids. I totally agree with you... Even more totally than you can probably imagine :-). -- Boris

Re: Are most lenses optimised for short distance focusing?

2005-09-06 Thread Boris Liberman
Dario, In my experience, it is not uncommon that lenses perform better at close distances than at infinity. Of course, when focusing at infinity you have to consider that haze, smog, etc. will lower the resolution performance of any lens... however, even leaving aside macro and close-ups,

RE: Are most lenses optimised for short distance focusing?

2005-09-06 Thread Don Sanderson
Hi Dario, yes I get that feeling too sometimes. I usually have a pile of tools and camera parts on my worktable that often becomes the first subject after I clean/repair a lens. This first test often turns out very nice, when the same lens goes outside for a better test it sometimes fails

Re: Film Lenses on Digital

2005-09-06 Thread Fred
It was either in the general Pentax lenses and accessories booklet or the manual of the 1.7x AF T/C that I read that the 50/1.7 is recommended for macro work with extension tubes; the 1.4 was recommended against. IIRC, that was deduced to be due to the flatness (or lack of) of the focus

Pentax winder me II - who had used?

2005-09-06 Thread tomecz na o2
Hallo, i can buy at reasonable price pentax winder me II, but I do not have possibility to check how me super cooperate with it. I mean does the system lay in hand well, how about quietness when it works, ergonomics. Have somebode used it and use it still or rather do you usually detach winder.

Re: PAW - Little Londoner

2005-09-06 Thread frank theriault
On 9/6/05, Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! If you stand so that the Buckingham palace is on you back and go left, you enter a part... What would be its name? Never mind - my mind is often working in a very peculiar ways... Here is a PAW photo for you to look at. As usual in

Re: PESO - Night Fire

2005-09-06 Thread frank theriault
On 9/4/05, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A wildfire started yesterday not too far from home (about 20 miles). This shot is about a 50% crop, taken with the *istD and the FA 31mm f/1.8 LTD. ISO 400, at f/2.8, 13 seconds in bulb mode. Comments welcome.

Re: PUG Themes?

2005-09-06 Thread frank theriault
On 9/5/05, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If it's not tied to the specific time of the equinox, ie it's a single day, then why bring the equinox and GMT into it at all? Why not just nominate a day that's convenient for everybody, such as a Saturday or Sunday when most people are not at work? I

RE: Pentax winder me II - who had used?

2005-09-06 Thread Don Sanderson
The ME-II winder works very well with The ME Super and almost all other M bodies designed for a winder. Also work well with the Super A/Program. It gives a good feel and grip to the camera. It is however quite loud, sounds just like you'd expect an older winder to sound. The nice thing though is

Re: PESO: Sprint!

2005-09-06 Thread frank theriault
On 9/6/05, Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Those of use who are digital do not suffer this kind of fate... vbg Sigh... Don't rub it in, Boris. g I have just one gripe about this - the champion is behind... ;-) True. You know, just with the bit of a white patch in front of the

Re: PESO: Sprint!

2005-09-06 Thread frank theriault
On 9/6/05, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nice pan, Frank. You captured the moment well. It would look a little better on my monitor with a bit more brightness in the middle of the RGB curve. Paul Thanks, Paul. I realized after I posted it that I should have brightened up the riders

Re: The DS - It's Here!

2005-09-06 Thread frank theriault
On 9/2/05, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If anyone gives a rat's patoot,snip Well, of course we give a rat's patoot, Shel. I'm quite behind on posts right now, but I'll throw in my belated congratulations, and read the 60-ish other posts on this thread, and go look at the other

Re: Are most lenses optimised for short distance focusing?

2005-09-06 Thread Dario Bonazza
Bob Shell wrote: On Tuesday, September 6, 2005, at 06:33 AM, Dario Bonazza wrote: What focusing distance do you think most lenses are optimised for? Except for macro lenses, most lenses are optimized for infinity. And except for portrait lenses, don't you think? Your sentence is what

Re: Are most lenses optimised for short distance focusing?

2005-09-06 Thread Dario Bonazza
Boris Liberman wrote: What focusing distance do you think most lenses are optimised for? I think that at distances such as 5m or even closer the precision of focusing becomes much more important. In fact, having no special knowledge I cannot answer your question. I am under (probably wrong)

Re: Are most lenses optimised for short distance focusing?

2005-09-06 Thread Dario Bonazza
I wrote: Among the prime lenses, once you leave apart the macros, the portrait lenses and maybe the 50mm (also performing very well at close distance), there's not so much left below 300mm: just a few Pentax prime lenses below 85mm are modern designs (20A/FA, 28FA, 31LTD, 35/2FA, 43LTD).

Re: The DS - It's Here!

2005-09-06 Thread frank theriault
On 9/3/05, Juan Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's the idea. It makes the cute girls ask :) But not the ugly ones? LOL Two thoughts: a) The taping or non-taping of logos is a non-issue with me. I don't tape mine, but for me, it's (how to explain this?) a matter that I don't want anyone

Re: PESO (s) Wheel Veal Freek out

2005-09-06 Thread frank theriault
On 9/4/05, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well I spent yesterday visiting friends and exploring the Woodstock Fair. The oldest agriculture fair in the United States. I brought my *ist-D and came away with a fare number of images. I don't think these are too bad so let my present

Re: Paw:Resend:Me and my Mom and EZ

2005-09-06 Thread frank theriault
On 9/1/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://photobucket.com/albums/v408/divad_b/Collingwood%202005/?action=viewcurrent=LL_9063.jpg Hi Gang. My original post never made it to my computer and i don't see it in the archives, so i'll resend. Shot two in my mini

Re: PESO (s) Wheel Veal Freek out

2005-09-06 Thread P. J. Alling
Not usually, In the case of the two midway rides the focal length was 28mm but I was trying to get in as much of the scene as possible, though the framing was as wide as I wanted it, otherwise I would have switched to the 20-35 that I also had with me. The calves were shot at 85mm. The 43

Re: Optio S5z?

2005-09-06 Thread P. J. Alling
I've tried a few and the viewfinders tend to make me yearn for the rangefinder/viewfinder on my Retina IIc, which in itself isn't on of the best I've ever seen. Last ps digital with an optical viewfinder I looked at was just painful. John Celio wrote: I see this as a self fulfilling

up2date error

2005-09-06 Thread Kevin Waterson
warning: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 30c9ecf8 The package boost-1.33.0-3.fc4 is not signed with a GPG signature. Aborting... Package boost-1.33.0-3.fc4 does not have a GPG signature. Is this a good error? Kevin -- Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what

Re: up2date error

2005-09-06 Thread Sylwester Pietrzyk
Kevin Waterson wrote on 06.09.05 16:12: Is this a good error? Are there ANY good errors at all? :-) -- Balance is the ultimate good... Best Regards Sylwek

Re: Are most lenses optimised for short distance focusing?

2005-09-06 Thread Bob Shell
On Tuesday, September 6, 2005, at 08:43 AM, Dario Bonazza wrote: Your sentence is what the general theory claims. That's what you usually read on photo books and magazines. However, is it true? I don't think above statement to be so much supported by evidence. Yes, it is true. Most lenses

Re: Are most lenses optimised for short distance focusing?

2005-09-06 Thread Dario Bonazza
Nice to know. Thanks Bob. Dario - Original Message - From: Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 4:31 PM Subject: Re: Are most lenses optimised for short distance focusing? On Tuesday, September 6, 2005, at 08:43 AM, Dario

Re: Pentax winder me II - who had used?

2005-09-06 Thread The Professor at Pastiche Studio
I used mine quite a lot until I bought a PZ-20 and sort of retired it. The only complaint was that the way I held the camera, I was putting one thumb in the middle of the back for support, and it tended bow the back and spring the latch, causing it to open in the middle of a roll. Really why

RE: Pentax winder me II - who had used?

2005-09-06 Thread Jens Bladt
I use it for my P50. It works well, ergonomically as well. It's not exactly quiet. Regards Jens Jens Bladt Arkitekt MAA http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: tomecz na o2 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 6. september 2005 14:12 Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Emne:

Re: up2date error

2005-09-06 Thread Steve Jolly
Kevin Waterson wrote: warning: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 30c9ecf8 The package boost-1.33.0-3.fc4 is not signed with a GPG signature. Aborting... Package boost-1.33.0-3.fc4 does not have a GPG signature. Is this a good error? Looks benign to me. S

Re: Film Lenses on Digital

2005-09-06 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Sep 6, 2005, at 3:32 AM, mike wilson wrote: A D-FA50 macro lens is designed to be best at flat-field imaging, stopped down to f/8-f/32, in the near-focusing range. An A50/1.4 is designed for general pictorial use at wide apertures, and will not perform at its best at copystand

Re: up2date error

2005-09-06 Thread Kevin Waterson
This one time, at band camp, Kevin Waterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: warning: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 30c9ecf8 The package boost-1.33.0-3.fc4 is not signed with a GPG signature. Aborting... Package boost-1.33.0-3.fc4 does not have a GPG signature. err, as

Re: The DS - It's Here!

2005-09-06 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Sep 6, 2005, at 5:58 AM, frank theriault wrote: That's the idea. It makes the cute girls ask :) But not the ugly ones? LOL Two thoughts: ... I'll add a third: The only time anyone, cute girl or cute boy alike, has made a comment about any camera I'm carrying in the past year or two

RE: Pentax winder me II - who had used?

2005-09-06 Thread Derek
I have had my ME-II winder for about 20 years on my ME Super, and ergonomically, I don't think any camera fits better in my hand. The winder makes the ME Super easy and comfortable to hold. The only downside is that while the ME Super is probably the quietest Pentax camera (at least in terms

Re: PESO - Night Fire

2005-09-06 Thread Tom C
Boris wrote: A question, if you don't mind. Why did you use bulb mode if *istD has shutter speeds as slow as 30 secs? Thanks for the kind words. Mainly because I was bracketing exposures, so it's easier to keep it in bulb mode and count the seconds than it is to keep adjusting the

Re: PESO - Night Fire

2005-09-06 Thread Tom C
Frank wrote: GREAT photo, Tom. I mean, everything is there. The silhouette of the hill/trees, the brightly lit orange smoke, and those brilliant stars! It's the stars that make it, actually. As a city slicker, I'm not used to seeing so many stars in the sky on a clear night, let alone when

Re: The DS - It's Here!

2005-09-06 Thread Juan Buhler
On 9/6/05, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/3/05, Juan Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's the idea. It makes the cute girls ask :) But not the ugly ones? LOL You see, I'm in Poland now. There *are* no ugly girls in this country, that I have noticed so far. :) --

setting white balance with studio flashes with istD

2005-09-06 Thread Colin Miller
I'm shooting a dinner/dance on Saturday night (9hrs GMT) I'm using a set of portable studio flashes and would like to set the white balance manually to the lights. I've read the instructions with the istD for setting white balance manually and it says on P142 step 3: fill the viewfinder

Re: The DS - It's Here!

2005-09-06 Thread frank theriault
On 9/6/05, Juan Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You see, I'm in Poland now. There *are* no ugly girls in this country, that I have noticed so far. Judging by the young ladies of Polish heritage that I've met in Canada, I'd have to agree with you!! hubba hubba LOL cheers, frank --

Re: The DS - It's Here!

2005-09-06 Thread David Oswald
Juan Buhler wrote: On 9/6/05, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/3/05, Juan Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's the idea. It makes the cute girls ask :) But not the ugly ones? LOL You see, I'm in Poland now. There *are* no ugly girls in this country, that I have

Re: setting white balance with studio flashes with istD

2005-09-06 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Tue, 6 Sep 2005, Colin Miller wrote: Any thoughts would be appreciated. While others will make suggestions that apply to film as well, how about shooting RAW with Auto WB and fixing (in batch mode??) later? I would not be able to guide you on this either, but others may. Good luck with

Re: PESO :Ocean Lasndescape

2005-09-06 Thread John Graves
Boris, You caught me. Yup. That is exactly what happened. I thought about it and decided to leave it there, with a short curse) and accept the consequences. Next time I will be more careful. But it is a nice picture of my head shadow???!! John G. Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! Here is

Re: The Gaffer Tape Chronicles (was Re: The DS - It's Here!)

2005-09-06 Thread frank theriault
On 9/3/05, Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: car owner make their cars as noticeable as possible when they customize. Usually, but not always. I heard that there were times, when people actually raced for pink slips, that a sleeper or Q-ship was an advantage, insofar as no one would want to

Re: up2date error

2005-09-06 Thread Mat Maessen
Heh, someone else who runs Fedora... Yes, it's a benign error. Just set gpgcheck=0 for the particular repository in question. -Mat On 9/6/05, Kevin Waterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This one time, at band camp, Kevin Waterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: warning: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: Header V3

Re: Pentax winder me II - who had used?

2005-09-06 Thread Fred
Hallo, i can buy at reasonable price pentax winder me II, but I do not have possibility to check how me super cooperate with it. I mean does the system lay in hand well, how about quietness when it works, ergonomics. Have somebode used it and use it still or rather do you usually detach

Re: Back from Ukraine

2005-09-06 Thread frank theriault
On 9/4/05, Frantisek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I just got back today, as you may have guessed from the few replies I already posted :) With only one camera and 2/35mm lens, and lotsa film, so if I have any interesting photographs (I hope g) you will see some eventually. Overall, it

Re: PESO -- Beast

2005-09-06 Thread frank theriault
On 8/29/05, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Took a long hike in the woods and came across this... http://www.mindspring.com/~webster26/PESO_--_beast.html Technical Info: Pentax *ist-D ISO 800 @ 1/25sec smc Pentax 17mm f4.0 Fisheye @ 5.6 As usual comments are welcome but may be

Re: Film Lenses on Digital

2005-09-06 Thread Bob Blakely
Illumination only. This should be intuitively obvious to the most casual observer. Most other characteristics are independent of whether the lens is for digital or for film, are independent of flatness of field, etc., and are simply a function of tradeoffs in lens design or care in manufacture.

Re: PESO (s) Wheel Veal Freek out

2005-09-06 Thread Boris Liberman
Not usually, In the case of the two midway rides the focal length was 28mm but I was trying to get in as much of the scene as possible, though the framing was as wide as I wanted it, otherwise I would have switched to the 20-35 that I also had with me. The calves were shot at 85mm. The 43

Re: PESO: Billionaires and Smugmug maps

2005-09-06 Thread frank theriault
On 8/28/05, George Sinos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just a couple of semi-related items: Warren Buffet and Bill Gates recently ate a local restaurant when Gates visited town. I snapped these shots of the Restaurant's tongue-in-cheek marquee. http://georges.smugmug.com/gallery/763341

Re: PESO :Ocean Lasndescape

2005-09-06 Thread Boris Liberman
You caught me. Yup. That is exactly what happened. I thought about it and decided to leave it there, with a short curse) and accept the consequences. Next time I will be more careful. But it is a nice picture of my head shadow???!! In fact, I had not intention to *catch* you. But your

Re: The Gaffer Tape Chronicles (was Re: The DS - It's Here!)

2005-09-06 Thread Shel Belinkoff
In the fifties, and perhaps even into the early sixties, when it came to customizing a car, one often heard the phrase Prime is fine. What that meant is that, after the cars were modified - most often by nosing and decking (shaving the hood and trunk of ornamentation - the automotive equivalent

Re: PEOW: Grandmother's Love

2005-09-06 Thread frank theriault
On 8/31/05, Jay Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Begin forwarded message: From: Jay Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: August 30, 2005 11:08:14 PM PDT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PEOW: Grandmother's Love Here is another recent shot of my grandson Darius with my wife Sharon

Re: PESO :Ocean Lasndescape

2005-09-06 Thread John Graves
I felt like I was peeking when I saw it... Ahh well.. How do you like the 18 mm ?? I do miss what I had with the 20 mm on film. I am going to try again next week on the west coast, so perhaps my shadow will no be as much of a bother. John Boris Liberman wrote: You caught me. Yup.

Re: PESO: Wattle Day

2005-09-06 Thread frank theriault
On 8/31/05, Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all September 1 is officially Wattle day in OZ so here is one taken yesterday with the DS + Tamron 90 mm SP and dual flash mounted on a tripod. http://members.ozemail.com.au/~sgap/photos/paw/a-pub-paw.html Click on the i for further

Re: Film Lenses on Digital

2005-09-06 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Bob, I would add to your elaborate test schema the control of doing the same recording onto BW film, and comparing the light falloff differences. EV 0.6+/- is a mighty fine distinction. But we can do better than that with the digital sensor as we can look at the 12bit quantized data...

Re: PESO :Ocean Lasndescape

2005-09-06 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I often have the same problem when shooting with the Zenitar 16 or DA14 on the DS. Given the ~95% coverage viewfinder (88% measured with a 50mm lens at close range!) in the DS, you have to be very sure that you are well out of the picture area. Godfrey On Sep 6, 2005, at 9:55 AM, John

Sensor reflection

2005-09-06 Thread David Oswald
Godfrey alluded in another post to the fact that there is a possibility of sensor reflection affecting an image. This hadn't previously occurred to me, but makes perfect sense. So that begs the question; is it possible that some of what we often think we see as CA is actually a reflection

Re: Sensor reflection

2005-09-06 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Sensor back-reflection usually shows up as a 'hot spot' centered in the image field, as what you are seeing when it happens is a reflection of the unfocused rear of the lens. It can't cause the exaggeration of lens chromatic aberration that some lenses display on a digital sensor; that

praising pentax

2005-09-06 Thread Pancho Hasselbach
Hi group, recently one of the most important german sites about digital photography published an article (third one in a series) about using MF lenses on Pentax DSLR bodies: http://www.digitalkamera.de/Tip/28/91.htm I thought I'd let you know even if not so many might be familiar with

RE: Sensor reflection

2005-09-06 Thread J. C. O'Connell
Since modern multicoated lenses transmit more than 99 percent of the light that hits them (1% reflection) I doubt that's ever visible. A poorly designed mirror box or relflective metals on the lens rear surfaces would be more like culprits than the lens optics in causing unwanted stray light

Re: Synchronocity was: PUG Themes?

2005-09-06 Thread Bob Sullivan
Works for me... On 9/5/05, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I understand your point Bob and don't have strong feelings either way. The only leaning I have is that the 'day' of the equinox makes the reason for doing it, in some sort of astronomically romantic day. I guess we could have a PDML

Re: OT: Digital High Key

2005-09-06 Thread wendy beard
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Does anyone have any experience making High Key photographs using a digital camera? Regards Jens Bladt Only by accident :-) The flash wasn't seated properly on the camera and went off at full power http://www.pbase.com/wendybeard/image/20768288 Wendy Wendy

Re: PAW: The Bride #2 + OT: build a web site

2005-09-06 Thread frank theriault
On 8/31/05, Michael Spivak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Now for the PAW - this time - the hands of the Yemen bride (my brother's wife): http://phazetux.linuxkungfu.org/cmsimple/?Photography:Picture_A_Week:PAW_-_August_30%2C_2005 As you can see, it's already on my new home page :) Any

Re: The Gaffer Tape Chronicles (was Re: The DS - It's Here!)

2005-09-06 Thread frank theriault
On 9/6/05, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the fifties, and perhaps even into the early sixties, when it came to customizing a car, one often heard the phrase Prime is fine. What that meant is that, after the cars were modified - most often by nosing and decking (shaving the hood

Re: GESO: Opera at the Town Hall Square

2005-09-06 Thread frank theriault
On 8/31/05, Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In my small town, tonight was opera night, as a part of the local festival week. I just had to put my D to work: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/sets/859350/show/ Comments are wwelcome, naturally. Regards What a wonderful series! cheers,

Re: PESO: Others 2005 - 35p - GDG

2005-09-06 Thread frank theriault
On 8/29/05, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On my walk this morning, I came across a tree... or was it that a branch crossed me? http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW5/35p.htm Comments, critique, flames always appreciated. enjoy Godfrey So perfect and simple, that it

Re: PESO: Colourful Web

2005-09-06 Thread frank theriault
On 8/27/05, Powell Hargrave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's spider season. There are hundreds of them out there. I managed not to walk into this one and it is quite attractive with the sunlight refracting through it http://members.shaw.ca/hargravep/Image9.htm Comments? Lovely shot!

Re: praising pentax

2005-09-06 Thread Jim Apilado
If I were looking to spend money on a dslr, I'm not sure if knowing I could use older K-mount or M-42 lenses on a *D, DS, or DL would make me want to gravitate to Pentax. One of the complaints expressed when the *ist D came out was the inability to use older Kmount lenses on it like one could

Re: Optio S5z?

2005-09-06 Thread E.R.N. Reed
John Celio wrote: Eh, I don't know, the viewfinders in the small cameras aren't really that bad. They just seem small, like the cameras they're built into. I doubt there's a way to build larger ones. I've never had a problem using viewfinders (even with my glasses) in current digital PS

Re: Batteries for istDS?

2005-09-06 Thread Kenneth Waller
I've been using two sets of Roy-O-Vac 2000mah NiMH batteries since a year ago last May. These can be recharged in 15 minutes with the proper charger. I generally get around a 1000 shots off without flash and very minimal chimping. Have had no problems to date. Kenneth Waller -Original

Re: PESO: Wattle Day

2005-09-06 Thread wendy beard
--- frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So a wattle is a flower then? I always thought it was the loose flesh that hangs from turkeys and old people's necks. This here's the wattle, the emblem of our land. You can stick it in a bottle, you can hold it in your hand. (name that

Re: PESO: Wattle Day

2005-09-06 Thread frank theriault
On 9/6/05, wendy beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This here's the wattle, the emblem of our land. You can stick it in a bottle, you can hold it in your hand. (name that quote ;-) ) I don't think so... LOL -frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Re: Paw: My horsey di good today

2005-09-06 Thread frank theriault
On 8/24/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip http://photobucket.com/albums/v408/divad_b/Collingwood%202005/?action=viewcurrent=LL_9079.jpg snip Hey, I saw her and her mom earlier today (from a later post). The girl has a lovely smile! I'm not sure if I'd prefer seeing her

RE: Are most lenses optimised for short distance focusing?

2005-09-06 Thread Marco Ferrari
In my experience, it is not uncommon that lenses perform better at close distances than at infinity. Of course, when focusing at infinity you have to consider that haze, smog, etc. will lower the resolution performance of any lens... however, even leaving aside macro and close-ups, I've got the

Re: Sensor reflection

2005-09-06 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
The antireflection coatings are optimized to minimize reflections from light entering the lens from the front and cross reflection in the lens itself. Sensor back-reflection is an effect stemming from less efficient reflection control from behind: light reflected straight down onto the

RE: PUG Themes?

2005-09-06 Thread Bob W
Because there's nothing magickal about Sept 24... g I strongly suspect the Druids will be out and about on the Saturday. They probably won't be able to get the day off for Druidical purposes on the Thursday, so that will make it magickal. http://www.web-options.com/img0070.jpg Or we

RE: PAW - Little Londoner

2005-09-06 Thread Bob W
As an infrequent visitor to London, I'll invoke a distant, vague memory and guess that it's St. James Park?? Other side of The Mall Bob

GESO

2005-09-06 Thread Francis
Hi everyone! I'm back, and have a few semi-recent creative excretions for your evaluation. http://www.photosynth.ca/photo/f/wildgallery1.html I had these, and a few others, printed up (8x10) and am just trying to figure out how to mat and frame them without going bankrupt (my balance is $00.75

Decisions, decisions...

2005-09-06 Thread Alexandru-Cristian Sarbu
Hello everyone! My brain hurts. To be brief, I decided to go digital - mostly due to some unpleasant experiences with filmminilabs. I'm sure I'll enjoy an *istDS, it's a great camera. But... I can't stop thinking what will the next model looks like? - you know, few more MPs would help me change

Re: Sensor reflection

2005-09-06 Thread Rick Womer
I have often wondered why there isn't Super Multi Coating on Pentax CCDs. --- David Oswald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there any point for camera manufacturers to investigate the possibility of non-reflective CCD's? Or is that simply an impossibility?

Re: Decisions, decisions...

2005-09-06 Thread Bruce Dayton
One big question is how much you are willing to spend. The DS is about as low as it is going to get. A great time to buy it. The D replacment will likely come in at a price point significantly higher - could be as high or higher than when it was introduced. Are you willing to spend $1500-$2000

Re: The DS - It's Here!

2005-09-06 Thread P. J. Alling
The only time I've ever had a cute girl make a comment on a camera I was carrying it was on the FA-28-200mm racked out to 200mm mounted on a LX with Motor Drive. Just goes to show, size does matter... Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Sep 6, 2005, at 5:58 AM, frank theriault wrote: That's the

Re: GESO

2005-09-06 Thread Christian
- Original Message - From: Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 4:05 PM Subject: GESO Hi everyone! I'm back, and have a few semi-recent creative excretions for your evaluation. http://www.photosynth.ca/photo/f/wildgallery1.html

Re: The DS - It's Here!

2005-09-06 Thread mike wilson
Juan Buhler wrote: On 9/6/05, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/3/05, Juan Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's the idea. It makes the cute girls ask :) But not the ugly ones? LOL You see, I'm in Poland now. There *are* no ugly girls in this country, that I have noticed

Re: The DS - It's Here!

2005-09-06 Thread mike wilson
David Oswald wrote: Juan Buhler wrote: On 9/6/05, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/3/05, Juan Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's the idea. It makes the cute girls ask :) But not the ugly ones? LOL You see, I'm in Poland now. There *are* no ugly girls in this

Re: Decisions, decisions...

2005-09-06 Thread Alexandru-Cristian Sarbu
Well, in Romania the *istDS is over 1000 euro (strange, but there is an *istD at a slightly lower price. Hmm... faster or wireless flashgrip? confused. again. ). I'm willing (but not happy) to pay the price, but for the *istD2... 2000$ (1500euro, but I guess it will be closer to 2000 around here)

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